National Congress of American Indians Methamphetamine Task Force Meeting June 1, 2008

1. National Congress of American Indians Methamphetamine Task Force Meeting June 1, 2008 Reno, Nevada The Indian Country Methamphetamine Initiative: Treatment

2. Methamphetamine Identified as the Primary Health/Community Concern • In 2006, Tribal Round Table sessions, HHS Regional Tribal Consultations, and numerous tribal community gatherings with SAMHSA, OMH, and IHS identified Methamphetamine abuse as the primary health concern in Indian Country.

3. Young Adults Aged 18 to 25 Reporting Past Year Methamphetamine Use: 2002 to 2005 Source: SAMHSA, 2002-2005 .

4. Methamphetamine: Epidemiology

5. Why is Methamphetamine so Devastating? • Cheap, readily available • Stimulates, gives intense pleasure • Damages the user’s brain • Paranoid, delusional thoughts • Depression when stop using • Craving overwhelmingly powerful • Brain healing takes up to 2 years • We are not familiar with treating it

6. “Tribal leaders unveil new meth Initiative”Indian Country Today • Create a National outreach campaign for all Native communities. • Establish and transfer community based, promising practices for prevention and treatment. • Work across Federal agencies for coordinated and consistent outreach strategy. NCAI President, Joe Garcia June 15, 2007

7. ICMI Partners

8. Tribes Added in Second Year • Chippewa Cree Montana • San Carlos Apache Arizona • Salt River Arizona • Yakama Washington Welcome!

9. Clinical Challenges for Treatment of Methamphetamine Addiction • Poor treatment engagement rates • High dropout rates • Severe paranoia • High relapse rates • Ongoing episodes of psychosis • Severe craving • Protracted dysphoria Many patients may require medical/psychiatric supervision and need ongoing treatment with antipsychotic medications

10. What’s Needed? • Gather community based and evidence based treatment efforts for sharing nationwide • Establish training manuals for treatment approaches • Provide a website for distribution • Establish a national training strategy for prevention and treatment

11. WHAT ARE SOME PROMISING STRATEGIES? 11

12. An Ideal Intervention • Broad based: Includes individual, family, community, tribe and society • Comprehensive: Prevention: Universal, Selective, Indicated Treatment Maintenance

13. Story Telling Talking Circles Sweat Lodge Ceremonies and Ritual Purification Passages Naming Grieving Drumming, singing, dancing Vision Quest Flute playing/meditation Reconciliation Mentoring Service learning Traditional Experiences Preservation AI/AN Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Interventions

14. Adventure Therapy “Natural Highs Program” Transformation process Experiential activities Relationship building Changing the way you live and think Changing how you think and how you believe about life and yourself Creation of challenge in a safe environment Horses, Canoes, Tradition Camps Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

15. Meth Free Crow Walk: Youth as our Warriors in Reclaiming our Nation Meth Free Crowalition • Establish a “War Against Meth” Focus on accountability, prevention, intervention, and treatment • Combine forces for Unity. • Diverse community representation • Youth and Community Development: mentorship, leadership, trust, establish community norms

16. Dine Nation: What Works? • Community Education • Age-appropriate presentations, brochures, ads • Enforcement • Arrest and detainment for trafficking • Caring members of the community • Partnerships • Communities, chapters, private businesses and tribal divisions and programs • Training for best, evidence based practice, integrated public health model. • Experienced at mobilizing communities across large area for interventions.

17. The Problem: “turf” gaps duplications crossed purposes Fragmented Service System The Solution: “Works” client-centered multi-agency comprehensive coordinated Efficient Northern Arapaho Tribe: a Comprehensive Systems Plan • Implement Best Practice Treatment • 1.Multi-Systemic Family Therapy • 2.Critical Incident Counseling

18. Winnebago Tribe: Meth Task Force Goals and Objectives • Develop/maintain a Comprehensive Meth Prevention Strategy • Collectively plan and implement • Use Proactive measures • Use available funds - take immediate action • Working together to determine what fits • Broad based, multi-agency, systematic, family/community focused prevention- Will it reduce treatment need?

19. “Best Practices” • Families and Schools Together (Rural Wisconsin Res) • Parenting Wisely • Preparing for Drug Free Years • Project Alert • Project Venture (NIYLP) • Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies • American Indian Life Skills (Zuni Pueblo)

20. “Best Practices” • Cultural Enhancement Through Story Telling (Tohono O’odham Res) • AI Strengthening Families Program (U UT) • Creating Lasting Family Connections • Dare to Be You (Ute Res) • With Eagles Wings (N. Arapaho Nat) • Families That Care—Guiding Good ChoicesAcross Ages (Mentoring) (Temple U) • Across Ages (Mentoring) (Temple U)

21. Effective Treatment Approaches For Methamphetamine Use Disorder • Motivational Interviewing • Therapeutic Use of Urine Testing • Contingency Management ( motivational incentive based) • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT • Community Reinforcement Approach • Matrix Model (combination of above)

22. Matrix Model • Is a manualized, 16-week, non-residential, psychosocial approach used for the treatment of drug dependence • Designed to integrate several interventions into a comprehensive approach. Elements include: • Individual counseling • Cognitive behavioral therapy • Motivational interviewing • Family education groups • Urine testing • Participation in 12-step programs

23. Contingency Management • Key concepts Behavior to be modified must be objectively measured Behavior to be modified (eg urine test results) must be monitored frequently Reinforcement must be immediate Penalties for unsuccessful behavior (eg positive UA) can reduce voucher amount Vouchers may be applied to a wide range of prosocial alternative behaviors

24. Is Treatment for Methamphetamine Effective? Analysis of: • Drop out rates • Retention in treatment rates • Re-incarceration rates • Other measures of outcome All these measures indicate that Meth users respond in an equivalent manner as do individuals admitted for other drug abuse problems.

25. Youth Treatment Completion: WA State

26. Comprehensive School and Behavioral Health Partnership • Prevention and behavioral health programs/services on site • Handling behavioral health crises • Responding appropriately and effectively after an event occurs

27. Integrated Treatment Premise: treatment at a single site, featuring coordination of treatment philosophy, services and timing of intervention will be more effective than a mix of discrete and loosely coordinated services Findings: • decrease in hospitalization • lessening of psychiatric and substance abuse severity • better engagement and retention (Rosenthal et al, 1992, 1995, 1997; Hellerstein et al 1995.)

28. Partnered Collaboration Community-Based Organizations Grassroots Groups Research-Education-Treatment

29. Education Family Survivors Health/Public Health Mental Health Substance Abuse Elders, traditional Law Enforcement Juvenile Justice Medical Examiner Faith-Based County, State, and Federal Agencies Student Groups Potential Organizational Partners

30. Contact us at: 503-494-3703 E-mail: Dale Walker, MD onesky@ohsu.edu Or visit our website: www.oneskycenter.org Rachel Crawford, Association of American Indian Physicians 405-946-7072 E-mail: rcrawford@aaip.org